I found a piece of medical quackery that gently electrocutes people while an operator twists and turns a dial until a piece of plastic feels not sticky.
I should probably make a post about it because it’s pretty fucking cool even though it’s completely and totally useless.
It runs on freaking tubes! And it has cool dials and shit! And a faux marble faceplate on top of bakelite that I’m 100% certain has asbestos in it.
I don’t know why this exists.
Sheet metal panels I put up in the kitchen for a backsplash, and 4 stamped stainless steel panels we used for our terrace railing (pic before we painted it black)
An almost 100 year old analog clock that is still ticking. This thing was made during the Great Depression.
A really cute music box with a broken mechanism, but I was able to fix it and spruce it up with red suede linings and a mirror.
A really nice hammer that I cleaned and decorated for theatrical use. I named her Miss Scarlet.
My nicest furniture was found stooping. I found a set of antique bronze and inlayed are likely worth a few grand. All it cost was $20 of cleaning materials and two hours of labor.
Portable stadium seat cushions. I just use it at home anywhere I need to sit or kneel on the floor to do something. I was also surprised to see dumbbells and kettlebells for $5 each. Also saw Combos snacks, which is so hard to find in my city.
Weights for $5 is an absolute steal wow
I found some board games. I bought a Monopoly board game, and a Risk one for $2 each!
I bought some guitar stands dirt cheap in Maastricht…we were looking for art but most of it was moldy, cheap prints or very cheesy. Luckely the 20 km trip from our village wasn’t in vain. We sometimes go to Heinsberg and find good stuff like candle holders or little pictures and frames. Also Maasmechelen has a good thrift store.
I found the Palm Portable Keyboard I’m pretty sure I donated 10 years ago, didn’t buy it though gave it away for a reason even though it’s really quite neat
A life sized gordon freeman statue with a headcrab